Exhibit 1.1
ANADIGICS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
September __, 1999
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
Prudential Securities Incorporated,
CIBC World Markets Corp.,
Xxxxxxx & Company, Inc.,
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Xxxxx & Co.,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
ANADIGICS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell
to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate
of shares (the "Firm Shares") and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to
additional shares (the "Optional Shares") of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share ("Stock"), of the Company (the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that
the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being
collectively called the "Shares").
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-83889) (the "Initial Registration Statement") in respect
of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in
the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits
thereto but including all documents incorporated by reference
in the prospectus contained therein, to you for each of the
other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; other than a registration statement,
if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which
became effective upon filing, no other document with respect
to the Initial Registration Statement or document incorporated
by reference therein has heretofore been filed with the
Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective
amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has
been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any
preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration
Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a)
of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act
is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various
parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits
thereto and including (i) the information contained in the
form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be
part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it was
declared effective and (ii) the documents incorporated by
reference in the prospectus contained in the Initial
Registration Statement at the time such part of the Initial
Registration Statement became effective, each as amended at
the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement
became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are
hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement";
such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the
"Prospectus"; any reference herein to any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date
of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may
be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include any documents filed after the date of
such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be,
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), and incorporated by reference in such
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; and
any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of
the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the effective date of the Initial
Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement);
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and
each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; and any further
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documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents become effective or are filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(d) The Registration Statement conforms, and the
Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus will conform, in all
material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and
will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the
applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business
from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or
governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been
any change in the capital stock, short-term debt (other than
changes not in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate) or
long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders'
equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in
the Prospectus;
(f) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title to all personal property owned by them, free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such
as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not
materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and its subsidiaries; any real
property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material
and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made
of such property and buildings by the Company and its
subsidiaries; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
owns any real property;
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(g) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority
(corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of
business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts
any business so as to require such qualification, or is
subject to no material liability or disability by reason of
the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and
each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and
is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;
(h) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set
forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and
conform to the description of the Stock contained in the
Prospectus and all of the issued shares of capital stock of
each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and
are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(i) The unissued Shares to be issued and sold by the
Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and
validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against
payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly
issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to
the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(j) The issue and sale of the Shares to be sold by the
Company and the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except to the extent
such conflict, breach, violation or default would not result
in a material adverse change in or affecting the general
affairs, management, financial position, prospects,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company
(a "Material Adverse Effect"), nor will such action result in
any violation of the provisions of the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is
required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, except the registration under the Act of
the Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase
and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;
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(k) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
(A) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or
by-laws or (B) in default in the performance or observance of
any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties may be bound, except in the
case of (B) for such defaults as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are
no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any
property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the
subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
have a material adverse effect on the current or future
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the
best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others;
(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment
company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company,"
as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act");
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does
business with the government of Cuba or with any person or
affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of Section
517.075, Florida Statutes;
(o) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are
independent public accountants as required by the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and
(p) The Company has sufficient title to and ownership of
all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, trade secrets, information, proprietary rights and
processes ("Intellectual Property") necessary for the business
of the Company and its subsidiaries as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted without any conflict with or
infringement of the rights or claimed rights of others and has
taken all steps necessary to secure title and ownership to
such Intellectual Property from its contractors; there are no
outstanding options, licenses or agreements of any kind
relating to the Intellectual Property, and the Company is not
a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements
with respect to the Intellectual Property of any other person
or entity; none of the technology employed by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries has been obtained or is being used by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any
contractual or fiduciary obligation binding on the Company,
any of its subsidiaries or any of their directors, employees
or consultants or otherwise in violation of the rights of any
person; neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor any
of their employees has received any communications alleging
that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has violated or,
by conducting their business as proposed, would violate any of
the Intellectual Property of any other person or entity; no
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employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or
commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to
any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative
agency, that would conflict with his obligation to use his
best efforts to promote the interests of the Company and its
subsidiaries or that would conflict with the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries as proposed to be conducted;
neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the
operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
by the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, nor the
conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as
proposed, will conflict with or result in a breach of the
terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any material contract, covenant or instrument under
which any of such employees is now obligated; and the Company
has taken and will maintain reasonable measures to prevent the
unauthorized dissemination or publication of the confidential
information of the Company, its subsidiaries or third parties
in the possession of the Company or its subsidiaries.
(q) The Company has reviewed its operations and that of
its subsidiaries and has communicated with any third parties
with which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has a
material relationship to evaluate the extent to which the
business or operations of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries will be affected by the Year 2000 Problem. As a
result of such review and such communications, the Company has
no reasonable reason to believe, and does not believe, that
the Year 2000 Problem will have a Material Adverse Effect or
result in any material loss or interference with the Company's
or any subsidiary's business or operations. The "Year 2000
Problem" as used herein means any significant risk that
computer hardware or software used in the receipt,
transmission, processing, manipulation, storage, retrieval,
retransmission or other utilization of data or in the
operation of mechanical or electrical systems of any kind will
not, in the case of dates or time periods occurring after
December 31, 1999, function at least as effectively as in the
case of dates or time periods occurring prior to January 1,
2000.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a)
the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of
the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company, at a purchase price per share of $____, the number of Firm Shares set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the
event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to
purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell
to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price per share set
forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional
Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by
you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number
of Optional Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of
Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator
of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters
are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to
purchase at their election up to _______ Optional Shares, at the purchase price
per share set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering
sales of shares in excess of the number of
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Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only
by written notice from you to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar
days after the date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of
Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are
to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First
Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the Company
otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days
after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm
Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon
the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter
hereunder, in definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and
registered in such names as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. may request upon at least
forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company shall be delivered by or on
behalf of the Company to Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. through the facilities of the
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the account of such Underwriter, against
payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by
wire transfer of Federal (same day) funds to the account specified by the
Company to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance. The
Company will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made available
for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of
Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its
designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of such
delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New
York City time, on September __, 1999 or such other time and date as Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the
Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. in the written notice given by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. of the
Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or at such other time
and date as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such
time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the "First Time
of Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the
First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time of Delivery", and each
such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on
behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross
receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the
Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(l) hereof, will be delivered at the offices
of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (the "Closing
Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at
such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 2:00
p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time
of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered
pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties
hereto. For the purposes of this Agreement, "New York Business Day" shall mean
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than
the Commission's close of business on the second business day following
the execution and delivery of
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this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required
by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus prior to the
last Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after
reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives
notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration
Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the
Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you
with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive
proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so
long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the
offering or sale of the Shares; to advise you, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus, of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or suspending any such
qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may
reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under
the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to
comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and
dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary
to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection
therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time
to time, to furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in
New York City in such quantities as you may from time to time
reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at
any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue
of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares
and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which
the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is
delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or
to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act,
to notify you and upon your request to file such document and to
prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any
dealer in securities as many copies as you may from time to time
reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance, and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a
prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time
nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon
your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and
deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as you
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may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its
subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a)
of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing
to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, not
to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as
provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that
represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar
securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option or stock
purchase plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of
convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants
outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without your prior
written consent;
(f) To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the
end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent
public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each
of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the
fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration
Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company
and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(g) During a period of three years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish to you copies of all reports or
other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders,
and to deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any
reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the
Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of
securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional
information concerning the business and financial condition of the
Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial
statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of
the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished
to its stockholders generally or to the Commission);
(h) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
National Market System
("NASDAQ");
(i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the
Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds"; and
(j) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), to file a Rule
462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with
Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this
Agreement, and at the time of filing either to pay to the Commission
the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration
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Statement or to give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such
fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that
the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing
any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum,
closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents
in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares;
(iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for
offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b)
hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the
Shares on NASDAQ; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any
required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the
terms of the sale of the Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates;
(vii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (viii) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It
is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8
and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses,
including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of
the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they
may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be
delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to
the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of
the Company herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct,
the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations
hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed
for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in
accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely
upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have
become effective by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of
this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and
no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the
part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable
satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have
furnished to you such opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery,
with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the
Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, and other related matters as you may
reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers
and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass
upon such matters;
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(c) Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, counsel for the Company, shall have
furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of which is attached as
Annex II(a) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance
satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
Company (including the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery)
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; and the Shares conform to the description of the Stock
contained in the Prospectus;
(iii)The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws
of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or
conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, or is
subject to no material liability or disability by reason of failure to
be so qualified in any such jurisdiction (such counsel being entitled
to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions of local
counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers
of the Company, provided that such counsel shall state that they
believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such
opinions and certificates);
(iv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as set
forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the
subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on the financial position, stockholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the
best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company;
(vi) The issue and sale of the Shares being delivered at such Time
of Delivery to be sold by the Company and the compliance by the Company
with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result
in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument listed in a schedule
attached to such opinion, nor will such action result in any violation
of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any statute or any order,
rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties; and such counsel, after due
inquiry, is not aware of any material agreements or instruments of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries other than as set forth in the
schedule referred to above;
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(vii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
the registration under the Act of the Shares, and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;
(viii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in
violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or (B) in
default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument listed in
the schedule referred to in clause (vii) above;
(ix) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act; and
(x) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or
any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission,
as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and they have no
reason to believe that any of such documents, when such documents
became effective or were so filed, as the case may be, contained, in
the case of a registration statement which became effective under the
Act, an untrue statement of a material fact, or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or, in the case of other documents
which were filed under the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made when such documents were so
filed, not misleading.
In addition, such counsel shall state that the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and any further amendments and supplements
thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than
the financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which
such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder. In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel
have participated in conferences with officers and other
representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent
auditors of the Company, and representatives of the Underwriters at
which the contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus were
discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not
assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
(except as otherwise indicated above) on the basis of the foregoing
(relying as to materiality to a large extent upon the opinions of
officers and representatives of the Company), no facts have come to the
attention of such counsel which lead them to believe that either the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, at the time the
Registration Statement or amendment became effective, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein
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not misleading or that the Prospectus as of its date or any further
amendment or supplement thereto as of its date, or the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as
of such Time of Delivery, contained or contains an untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no
opinion with respect to the financial statements and schedules and
other financial data included in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus); and they do not know of any amendment to the Registration
Statement required to be filed or of any contracts or other documents
of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus or required to be described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which are not filed or incorporated by reference or
described as required.
(d) [Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx], special counsel for the Company, shall have
furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of such opinion is
attached as Annex II(b) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, in form
and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that the Company owns,
is licensed or otherwise has sufficient rights to use the Intellectual
Property currently used by the Company or its subsidiaries; to the best
of such counsel's knowledge, except as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, no claims have been asserted against the
Company or any its subsidiaries by any person with respect to the use
of any such Intellectual Property and no person has challenged or
questioned the validity or enforceability of any such Intellectual
Property; to the best of such counsel's knowledge, the Company and its
subsidiaries have conducted their business without infringement or
claim of infringement of any Intellectual Property of others; and, to
the best of such counsel's knowledge, the use, in connection with the
business and operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, of
such Intellectual Property does not infringe on the rights of any
person.
(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution
of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective
date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of
Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or
letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and
substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I
hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the
execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a
draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the effective date of
any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and as of
each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex I(b) hereto);
(f)(i)Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus
there shall not have been any change in the capital stock, short-term
debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
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Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in Clause
(i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such
Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus;
(g) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of
the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on NASDAQ; (ii)
a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's
securities on NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities; or
(iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United
States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency
or war, if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iv)
in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(h) The Shares at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed
for quotation on NASDAQ;
(i) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriters
executed copies of an agreement from the stockholders of the Company
listed on Schedule II hereto substantially to the effect set forth in
Subsection 5(e) hereof in form and substance satisfactory to you;
(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New
York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and
(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company,
satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company, herein at and as of such Time of Delivery,
as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations
hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, and as
to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company
shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the
matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus or any such amendment or
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supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by any Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use
therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment
or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and,
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent
of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or
claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party
to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)
includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to
or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of
any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the
offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified
party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then
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each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and
the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net
proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
subsection (d) were determined by PRO RATA allocation (even if the Underwriters
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may
in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase
such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such
default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares,
then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours
within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to
purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective
prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the
purchase of such Shares, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for
the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone
such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to
effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
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Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term
"Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted
under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a
party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as
provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which
remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all
the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have
the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of
Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of
Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but
nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as
provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which
remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the
Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not
exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting
Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters,
then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the
Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne
by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the
indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein
shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the
Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are
not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses
approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase,
sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be
under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so
delivered except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf of you as the
representatives.
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All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co., 00 Xxx Xxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration
Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice
to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set
forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon
request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect
upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and
10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who
controls the Company, or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the
Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason
merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us seven (7) counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by
you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance
hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and
the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of
each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of
Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the
Company for examination, upon request, but without warranty on your part as to
the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
ANADIGICS, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Prudential Securities Incorporated
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Xxxxxxx & Company, Inc.
By:
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(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
Number of Optional
Shares to be
Total Number of Purchased if
Firm Shares Maximum Option
Underwriter to be Purchased Exercised
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Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.....................
Prudential Securities Incorporated
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Xxxxxxx & Company, Inc.
Total......................
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SCHEDULE II
Certain Stockholders of the Company
[to come]
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ANNEX I (A)
[Executed comfort letter of Ernst & Young to be attached]
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ANNEX I (B)
Pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect
to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable
published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and schedule
examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published rules
and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review
in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants of the interim financial statements,
selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial
forecasts and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited
financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such
letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have
been furnished to the representatives of the Underwriters (the
"Representatives") and are attached hereto;
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
of the unaudited condensed statements of income, balance sheets and
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included in
the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference
into the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of
which are attached hereto; and on the basis of specified procedures
including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility
for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited
condensed financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i)
below comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related
published rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed financial
statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and
the related published rules and regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to
the results of operations and financial position of the Company for the
five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus and included
or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the
corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the
audited financial statements for such five fiscal years which were
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports
on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K
and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing
came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that
caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all
material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 301 and
402, respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available
interim financial statements of the Company, inspection of the minute
books of the Company since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
inquiries of officials of the Company responsible for financial and
accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be
specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused
them to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited condensed statements of income, balance
sheets and statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus
and/or included or incorporated by reference in the Company's
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act as it
applies to Form 10-Q and the related published rules and
regulations, or (ii) any material modifications should be made to
the unaudited condensed statements of income, balance sheets and
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus or included in
the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, for them to be in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance
sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the
corresponding items in the unaudited financial statements from
which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited
data and items were not determined on a basis substantially
consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the
audited financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
most recent fiscal year;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not
included in the Prospectus but from which were derived the
unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in Clause
(A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B)
were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the
basis for the audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(D) any unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and
regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of
those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to
the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the
capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon
exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs
of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible
securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of
the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus) or any increase in the long-term debt of the
Company, or any decreases in net current assets or stockholders'
equity or other items specified by the Representatives, or any
increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each
case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except
in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the
Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are
described in such letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus to the specified date referred to in Clause (E) there
were any decreases in net revenues or operating profit or the
total or per share amounts of net income or other items specified
by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified
by the Representatives, in each case as compared with the
comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period
of corresponding length specified by
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the Representatives, except in each case for increases or
decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may
occur or which are described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited
procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures
referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out
certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to
certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the
Representatives which are derived from the general accounting records
of the Company, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents
incorporated by reference) or in Part II of, or in exhibits and
schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the
Representatives or in documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain
of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the
accounting records of the Company and have found them to be in
agreement.
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ANNEX II (A)
[Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx to be attached]
ANNEX II (B)
[Opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP to be attached]